Ink container



. Feb. 7, 1950 w. v. WERNER ETAL; 2,496,761

` INK CONTAINER Filed oct. 5, 194e Patented Feb. 7, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE INK CONTAINER William V. Werner and Henry H. Heimer,

Phoenix, Ariz.

Application October 5, 1946, Serial No. 701,450

(Cl. 1Z0-71) 6 Claims. l

This invention pertains to ink containers.

It is to be distinguished from ink wells usually used to hold ink for desk use only, and from conventional ink bottles.

One of the objects is to provide an ink container in which ink may be placed by the manufacturer for packaging and shipment which is easy to handle, pack and ship;

Another object is to provide a rectangular glass ink container having a recessed iilling opening arranged to be closed by a screw plug which will be ilush when closed, and will cover an opening having a pen support which projects into the interior;

Another object is to provide an ink container having a recessed opening with a pen guide tube extending angularly inward from its bottom and provided with a stop to limit the depth to which the pen holder may be inserted into the guide; the parts being proportioned so that the pen point may be inserted well into the ink but, in so that in ordinary use the bottom of the holder cannot be lowered into the ink. Further, the pen guide tube is arranged so that ink will not raise in it above a predetermined desired level.

A further object is to provide an ink container of rectangular shape having a height less than its horizontal dimensions to minimize tipping with a recessed opening on its top face having a bottom opening to receive a pen from which a pen guide and support projects angularly inward so that a pen may be held at a convenient angle toward the user when inserted therein.

A still further object is to provide a transverse trough in the bottom of the container so that there will always be a suiicient depth of ink within easy access of the point of a pen inserted in said opening and held by the support above mentioned.

The container is intended to be lled at the factory and used but once. For this reason it is made entirely of molded and blown glass, has no ground joints or polished surfaces, and can be made cheaply and used efficiently. Obviously suitable plastic or other material may be substituted.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

We attain the foregoing objects by means of the device shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view thereof;

Figure 2, a side sectional view;

Figure 3, a side elevation with the outline of a pen shown in dotted lines;

Figure 4, a sectional view of the pen guide taken on line 4-4 Figure 2;

Figure 5, a similar sectional View taken on line 5*-5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6, a sectional elevation of a closing plug;

Figure '7, a plan view thereof; and

Figure 8, is a plan of a multiple compartment unit adopted to contain inks of various colors, drawn on a somewhat reduced scale.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the several views.

The container is preferably made of glass and has a body 2 rectangular in elevation and plan. The sides 3 are proportioned so that the height is considerably less than either the length or the breadth. One of the larger faces 4 is con,- sidered the top, and in this a circular recess 5 is formed having its walls threaded to receive a similarly threaded plug 6. This may be made of plastic and may be provided with a gasket of yieldable material resistant to inks around its bottom face.

In the bottom of the recess 5 a circular pen hole 8 is formed. A tubular pen guide and support 9 depends angularly downward into the interior of the container body from the rim of this hole. The upper portion is tubular and since no air can enter the upper portion of the container when resting in the position shown in Figures 2 and 3, the ink does not rise into this tube to any appreciable extent even tho the container is filled above the level of the bottom of the tube. The angular slant of this guide is downward and toward the adjacent end wall l0 of the container. At a determined distance below the said rim the rear semi-circular portion of the tube is removed leaving only a semi-circular shield or guide l2. At the position where the rear or under Wall of tube 9 terminates, a lip i4 is formed extending inwardly. This acts as a rest or stop to limit the extent to which the pen holder I 5 can be inserted into the guide tube. The pen point I6 extends on downward into the container and its nibs extend into and just short of the bottom of transverse trough Il formed in the container bottom.

The hollow interior of the container is formed rwith its several Walls, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, having a substantially uniform thickness.

In the form shown in Figure 8, there are several interior compartments, I8, separated by partition walls, each provided with a recessed opening threaded plug, pen guide, and support, as

shown in the single compartment form in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

In use, the containers are filled at the factory, closed by plugs, and packaged in rectangular containers. When used, the plug 6 is removed and the pen dipped in the usual manner or rested in the guide tube. Excess ink drops into the plug recess and drains down thru tube 9. Ink may be removed from`the pen point by .drawing it over lip I4. While the container is opened the plug may be laid on any iiat portion of the upper :face of the container. Fountain pens :may be filled by inserting them through the pen opening the same as dip pens.

After use the plug 6 is replaced and screwed` down. There are then no projecting parts.

We realize that many variations of the form rin one :face adapted 'to receive a closing plug,

and a pen opening in the bottom face of said recess, a pentube andv guide extending angularly :into the interior of said container from said opening comprising a tubular upper portion and a semi-circular guide on the upper side of the .lower portion and va 'lip formed in 'the lower angular side at the termination of the tubular portion and extending `into said Atubular portion .to 'form a pen holder stop. '2. In an ink container, as herein disclosed,

yhaving a rectangular hollow body and a recess `in one face having a bottom parallel with said body face and adapted to receive a closing plug,

fand a pen opening in the bottom face of said a semi-circular guide on the upper side of the flower portion, a lip formed in the lower angular Iside at the termination of the tubular portion :and extending into said tubular portion to form :ra pen holder stop, a combination therewith of a :manually operable closing plug tted into said :body recess having a top laceV ush with the face lof the body in which said recess is formed.

3. An ink container, comprising in combina- "tion, a rectangular hollow-body having 'a threaded recess formed on one face adapted to receive a threaded closing plug, `a pen .opening formed in "the bottom of said recess; a .pen tube and pen .guide extending angularly .into the interior of :said container from said pen opening consisting .of a tubular upper part forming said pen tube and a semi-circular lower portion being a continuation of the upper half of said tubular part,

Aconstituting said pen guide,a shelf-like lip extending inward into said pen tube at the termina- .tion of said tubular upper part adapted tov form .a pen holder stop, together `with a closing plug ,threaded into said recess having a top face flush .with the body face in which said recess is formed.

4. An ink container comprising .a Yhollow 4one 1 piece i body .having rectangular. .top and bottom "faces, rectangular. .side Vwallsfand rectangular end walls, said .top facebeingprovided with a shal- "low circular recess adjacent one end wall, said Ycircular recess having threaded sides yand a flat "bottom `with ka centrally Apositioned pen receiving "hole therein, Aand* pen "guide tube 'depending from to screw into said recess, having a ilat inner face adapted to seat on the flat bottom of said recess and an outer face adapted to be iiush with the upper face of said container body when said plug is fully seated in said recess.

5. An ink container comprising a hollow one piece bcdyihaving rectangular top and bottom :.recess, a pen tube and guide extending angularly into the interior of said container -from said fopening comprising a tubular upper'portion and faces, rectangular side walls, and rectangular end walls, said top face being provided with a shallow circular recess adjacent one end wall, said circular recess having threaded sides and a :nat-bottom with a centrally positioned pen receiving hole therein and a pen guide tube depending from the edge of said `hole on the inner face of said recess bottom extending inwardly and an- `gularly toward said adjacent end wall, having a llip formed on the lower portion of the end of said tube partially closing it and adapted to act as a pen holder stop, in combination with a threaded closing plug adapted to screw into said recess, having a at inner :face adapted to seat on the flat bottom of said recess and an outer face adapted to be ilush with the upper face of said container body when said plug 'is fully seated-in said recess.

6. An ink container comprising a hollow one piece body having rectangular top and bottom `faces, rectangular side walls and rectangular end walls, said top face being provided with a shaln ylow circular recess adjacent one end wall, said circular recess having threaded sides and a iiat bottom with a centrally positioned pen receiving hole ,therein opening into a pen receiving guide tube extending inwardly into said body toward said adjacent end wall, and having an inwardly disposed lip on the lower edge of its inner end adapted to act as a pen holder stop, said guide tube being disposed and angularly inclined so that a pen holder inserted therein will extend angularly upwardly and over the face of said body toward the opposite end wall, in combination with a threaded closing plug adapted to screw into said recess and seat on the said bottom thereof with its outer parts disposed within the plane of said top face of said body.

WILLIAM V. WERNER. HENRY H. HEIMER.

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